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  1. Renée Schwalb Fritz collection

    The collection consists of two trunks relating to the experiences of Renee Schwalb and her mother Sima and their emigration to the United States from Belgium after World War II.

  2. John Wachtel collection

    The collection consists of a marriage certificate and a spoon relating to the experiences of Jan (later John) Wachtel during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp.

  3. Michael Greenburg collection

    The collection consist of 5 pieces of scrip.

  4. Jaroslav Pistek collection

    The collection consists of an issue of Kladderadatsch and nine pieces of scrip from Theresienstadt ghetto labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).

  5. Gyorgy Antos collection

    Collection consists of 17 photographic postcards of scenes of Berlin during the 1936 Summer Olympics; 1 calling card listing the false identity for Pallos, Klara; 1 photograph of Jozska Lustig wearing a star patch, with verso inscription (in Hungarian) stating the the photo is a form of identity allowing her to work outside the ghetto; 1 typed document posted after the war, searching for Antos, Laszlo; 3 reels of film shot by Laszlo Antos in Berlin, 1936

  6. Genya Markon collection

    The collection consists of two books: a prayer book published by National Jewish Welfare Board for Jewish soldiers in the US Armed Forces, dated 1945, in English and Hebrew; and a book by Heinrich Heine entitled "Memoiren," dated 1884.

  7. Joseph Trost collection

    The collection consists of a Sonderkommando badge and a piece of scrip from Litzmannstadt (Łódź), Poland

  8. Joel Forman collection

    The collection consists of coins, currency, scrip, and stamps from various European countries, ghettos, concentration camps, prisoner of war (POW) camps, and displaced persons (DP) camps before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  9. George Pick family collection

    The collection consists of a two sets of pressed flowers, a suitcase, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Istvan and Margit Kornhauser Pick, their son Gyorgy, and Malvina Spitzer Kornhasuer and their extended family in Hungary before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust, which they survived by living in hiding in Budapest.

  10. Ruth Wiener Klemens collection

    The collection relates to the life of Ruth Wiener Klemens, her mother, Margarete Wiener, and her sisters, Mirjam and Eva Wiener, during their time at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany and Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands.

  12. Faliero Lucaccini collection

    The collection consists of a film projector with case, transformer and 11 film strips used by the Hitler Youth found by Faliero Lucaccini in a school house in Germany while he was serving in the US Army.

  13. Benny Guinossar collection

    Consists of one metal and plastic watch belonging to the donor's brother, Alfred Ginzburg; 30 photographs of the donor in hiding, in Hachshara training, and in Hamburg, Germany; and documents received in Port de Bouc, France.

  14. Alex Hochauser collection

    Contains twenty-four family photographs, one negative, five copyprints, a commemorative pin from Ebensee, pin from Jewish brigade, and a metal stick pick of NSDAP. The papers also include photocopies of articles pertaining to the donor's history with Maccabi, one brochure from Dachau, Certificat from ORT, KZ bill from Auschwitz, six pages from a manuscript written in Zilnia, Slovakia, (1942-1943), a protective certificate from the Hungarian army, and one letter (1938) from sports teacher

  15. Dr. Alfred Beck collection

    The collection consists of a Nazi banner and a Nazi armband bearing swastikas

  16. Artur Shmuel Zygielbaum collection

    Group of photographs, photograph album and 2 change purses relating to Artur Shmuel Zygielbaum and dated circa 1921-1984

  17. Erwin Bensdorf collection

    Brown leather-like pencil case with 3 graphite pencils, 2 fountain pens, 4 colored pencils and 1 eraser recieved by Erwin Bensdorf in Germany before he emigrated to England in 1939 and used in England. One photogragh album compiled by Max Haybrook, who assisted children from Nazi-occuped Europe through the Kindertransport (4 loose photos inside), 3 photographs (one framed), one document with compilation of notes written in gratitude from KT to Max Haybrook and one typed report compiled by Haybrook concerning events surrounding arrival and care of refugee children in England.

  18. Augusta F. Kaplan collection

    Consists of artifacts and documents relating to Augusta Feldhorn's childhood in Vienna, Austria; later as a hidden child in the convent Les Soeurs du St. Coeur de Marie, Malaise-La Hulpe, Belgium; and after emigrating to the United States in 1949.

  19. Blumenstein family collection

    Consists of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the experiences of the Blumenstein family in Vienna, Austria, on board the MS St. Louis, in hiding in Holland, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. Includes a photograph of the donor's father in Sosua, Dominican Republic and a photograph taken in a Quaker camp for refugees in Havana, Cuba.

  20. Simon Jeruchim collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Simon Jeruchim and his family in France during and after World War II, when he lived as a hidden child in Normandy and then in foster homes near Paris.